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(Objective C) NSImage for generic stuff

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:49:48 GMT

(Objective C) Detect already loaded older version of a preference pane

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:48:21 GMT

This detects if a preference pane is loaded over an already loaded older version. If the version mismatches, the reload tool (http://snipplr.com/view/3924/reload-a-preference-pane/) is launched and System Preferences is quitted.

(Objective C) Reload a preference pane

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:16:16 GMT

The preference pane that need to be reloaded must fork 'reload' with two arguments, then terminate System Preferences. In Cocoa, the fork is easily achieved with a NSTask. The first argument must be the bundle identifier of the preference pane to reload. The second argument must be the process identifier of the terminating application, i.e. System Preferences. In Cocoa, you can get it with [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processIdentifier], which is equivalent to getpid().

(Objective C) Relaunch an application

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:11:39 GMT

The application that needs to be restarted must fork 'relaunch' with two arguments, then terminate. In Cocoa, the fork is easily achieved with a NSTask. The first argument must be the path to the application to relaunch. The second argument must be the process identifier of the terminating application. In Cocoa, you can get it with [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processIdentifier], which is equivalent to getpid().

(Objective C) Handle invalid UTF-8

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:17:03 GMT

Convert UTF-8 NSData to NSString without failing if UTF-8 is invalid. Instead, replace invalid characters with the replacement character (�). This requires some Omni frameworks. Use this as a replacement for NSString's initWithData:encoding: method.

(Objective C) Add a menu item

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:26:12 GMT

Programmatically add a menu item

(Objective C) Compare two version strings

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:22:54 GMT